The marijuana job market could double or triple in years to come. By Sean Williams.

How Albuquerque [New Mexico] figured out how to really help its homeless population. And save money in the process. By Colin Woodard.

Matt Heusser provides a more-accurate method to predict project completion dates -- in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Think you'd hand in your notice if you suddenly struck it rich? You'd be surprised.

The biggest argument against raising the minimum wage is that it’s going to end up cutting jobs. By having to pay each worker extra, the cost of producing goods or services will increase. So, the argument goes, employers will either pass that cost off to customers (by raising prices) or try to find savings elsewhere (by investing in equipment rather than workers, or reducing the hours their employees work). Either way, the total demand for labor will drop.

Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking with their drug testing and personal conduct policies, even in states where recreational marijuana use is now permitted. Others are keeping a close eye on the still evolving legal, regulatory and political environment.

Uninterrupted time has become more valuable, and distractions have become ubiquitous. This has increased the value of “Deep Work” — a term described by Deep Work author, Cal Newport, as “professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit.”

Privacy campaigners express alarm after company contracts Sodexo to ‘capture individual insights’ from staff in Western Australian mining camps. By Max Opray.

Economists believe in full employment. Americans think that work builds character. But what if jobs aren’t working anymore? Work means everything to us Americans. For centuries – since, say, 1650 – we’ve believed that it builds character (punctuality, initiative, honesty, self-discipline, and so forth). We’ve also believed that the market in labour, where we go to find work, has been relatively efficient in allocating opportunities and incomes.

Love your job, but hate your office? For many of us, our physical workplace can be dark, depressing, bland and even dysfunctional. Windowless cubicle farms and airless open-plan floors can kill motivation and take a toll on worker performance, possibly even their health.

Smithsonian journeyed from Maine to California to update a landmark study of American life. By Dale Maharidge; Photographs by Matt Black.

Fifteen Rules for Living a Self-Reliant, Honest & Compassionate Life. By Ayun Halliday.

Craigslist foot fetishists and porn shoots that put your first day work jitters to shame. By Graham Isador.

An investigator who probes wrongful convictions now doubts a case of his own. By Stephanie Clifford,

Marie Billiel, who has worked in the restaurant industry for 10 years, talks about having to have a ”mask on” for eight hours at a time. By Adrienne Green.

Back in August my staff and I embarked on an epic project: we wanted to know what inhabitants of the art world think is wrong with it and how they would fix it. In the ensuing months we spoke with more than 50 individuals—artists and curators, critics and historians, art dealers and an art fair director—to gather a range of perspectives...

After signing up to write a script for Croatian television, I learned that virtually all TV comedies, from Seinfeld to South Park, follow a simple formula. By Noah Charney. (Dec. 28, 2014)

So how do you revitalize hurting communities that were promised a decent life and an American dream? I believe you turn to the high-tech community for answers.

A look at the men and women who work while the rest of the city sleeps. Text by Alexandra Schwartz, photographs by Adam Pape.

The Helio Sequence